Bharata-The Ruler Of Bharatvarsha
March 18, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · 1 Comment
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Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. He was originally named Sarvadamana which was later changed to Bharata. Bharata was a legendary king. He was the first to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bharatavar?ha.
Bharata’s empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Bactria, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgistan, Turkmenistan, and Persia.
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